User Management

User management for Payroll uses the mechanisms provided by the SAP Web Application Server ( ABAP and Java ), for example, tools, user types, and password policies. For an overview of how these mechanisms apply for Payroll , see the sections below. In addition, there is a list of the standard users that are necessary for operating Payroll .

User Management Tools

The table below shows the tools to use for user management with Payroll .

User Management Tools

Tool

Detailed Description

Prerequisites

User and Role Maintenance (transaction PFCG)

You can use the Role Maintenance transaction PFCG to generate profiles for your Payroll users.

User Types

It is often necessary to specify different security policies for different types of users. For example, your policy may specify that individual users who perform tasks interactively have to change their passwords on a regular basis, but not those users under which background processing jobs run.

The user types required for Payroll include:

  • Individual users

    • Administration user

    • Payroll manager

    • Payroll specialist

  • Technical users

    • Payroll procedure administrator

    • ALE user for posting payroll results to Accounting

For more information about these user types, see the SAP Web AS ABAP Security Guide under User Types.